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Definition of Simon Legree

1. Noun. A cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees.

2. Noun. The cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Simon Legree

Simhath Torah Simian Virus 40 Simmonds' disease Simmons Simmons' citrate medium Simmons-Smith reaction Simnel Sunday Simolean Simoleans Simoleon

Simon Simon's sign Simon Bolivar Simon Kuznets Simon Legree (current term) Simon Marks Simon Newcomb Simon Peter Simon Zelotes Simon de Montfort

Simon says Simon the Canaanite Simon the Zealot Simona Simone Simone Weil

Literary usage of Simon Legree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"... IIA NEGRO SERMON Simon Legree (To be read in your own variety of negro dialect) ... Simon Legree."

2. The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900 by Thomas Dixon (1902)
"... CHAPTER XI Simon Legree IN the death of Mr. Lincoln a group of radical politicians, hitherto suppressed, saw their supreme opportunity to obtain control ..."

3. Uncle Tom's Cabin in Ruins!: Triumphant Defence of Slavery! In a Series of by Nicholas Brimblecomb, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"MADAM: — You evidently intended, in furtherance of the treasonable design of your book, to make much out of Mr. Simon Legree ; and upon this character you ..."

4. The Chinese Nightingale: And Other Poems by Vachel Lindsay (1919)
"... THE BOOKER WASHINGTON TRILOGY A MEMORIAL TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON I. A NEGRO SERMON : — Simon Legree (To be read in your own variety of negro dialect. ..."

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